In the dark rainy night, there was probably only the warm firelight swaying in the many tents in the camp.
The sailors on night watch looked at the lights in the camp from a distance, holding their guns and huddled in the muddy rain, occasionally taking a sip of wine to warm themselves, or complaining in a low voice. However, their situation is much better than that of the people who stayed on the ship, where they not only had to endure the harsh environment on the ship, but also had to fight against the storm that might come at any time.
There is a joke in Korin-Ithulian that when people are boys they dream of getting on the ship, but when the boy becomes a man they dream of getting off the ship.
This is the gap between reality and dreams. Even on earth, ordinary sailors have to endure the secluded life of sailing. In this era, the living conditions of ordinary sailors on ships are often even worse - no personal space, no privacy, heavy workload The physical work, extremely unsanitary conditions, disease and rebellion, and the long life at sea - so being down to earth, even on duty in the freezing rain, is a good thing that many sailors cannot achieve.
After all, the ship is anchored in the anchorage, and not everyone can get off the ship.
Joyous laughter came from the officers' tent, among which the old captain laughed especially heartily and loudly.
In the center of the tent was a bright bonfire, reflecting the old man's gray and wrinkled face. He laughed loudly and looked at Fang Plover with a joking look: "You are too kind to them, little guy, you have to know that those sailors are all What kind of people are they? Most of them are idlers, and maybe there are guys with criminal records - pirates, gangsters or who knows? How many ordinary people will get on the ship and become sailors? You I have to teach them a lesson. I have a captain I know, and he is also a good man, but do you know what happened to him in the end?"
Fang Yu shook his head.
There was a look of pain in the old man's gray eyes: "On the Mayaz Sea, his sailors launched a rebellion and imprisoned him. The people who escaped reported this to others. Ah, my Old friend, he is such a good old man, he is not suitable for this kind of life."
Fang Yu frowned slightly: "What happened later, was he saved? Did those people get the punishment they deserve?"
The old captain shook his head: "Those people took him and his ship to join the Pale Pirates. Since then, I have never heard from him again. But look, as long as I haven't been in the coffin, one day I will Find these guys, rescue my old friends, wring their intestines out and wrap them around their necks, hang them from the mast, and let the souls of these scoundrels go to hell."
"But people can't be compared with each other. At least Captain, your sailors are very good. Those bad guys should naturally be punished, but Little Finger and the others are different." Fang Plover also shook his head and said.
Yes, he pardoned Little Finger in the end - or in fact, he never planned to do that from the beginning, because he didn't feel that the other party had done anything wrong.
An iron rule on the ship is not to disobey your superiors, but then again, he is not the superior of these people, at best he is just a guest of the princess.
Maybe Sylvide is, but not him; maybe he will be a captain in the future, but not now.
Opposite the bonfire, the lion man took a puff of his pipe and squinted at Fang Plover and Sylvide sitting next to him.
The noble girl smiled lightly, and her eyes seemed to be filled with a bright light.
The old captain laughed when he heard this: "This is really a talkative little guy, but you are right, my sailors are indeed the best boys. But you have to discipline them, and they will become good people." , they were not like this in the beginning, don’t you think so, Miss Sylvide?”
Sylvide replied with a pun: "Of course the captain has the final say."
The old man laughed loudly: "This is really a wonderful man." He glanced at Fang Plover teasingly with his old eyes: "You are really lucky, boy."
No matter how dull Fang Yu was, he still didn't understand the meaning of these words, so he glanced at Sylvester with a blushing face.
The noble lady only smiled and responded to the gaze.
Not far from the tent, Princess Brianne, who was adjusting the bowstring, looked at the two little people and couldn't help but shake her head.
"Speaking of pirates," Fang Plover suddenly asked: "Mr. Captain, can you introduce the pirates of Aitalia?"
This issue is actually something he has always been concerned about, but he has never been able to find the right person to speak to it. Of course, Fang Yu had heard of the Pale Pirates, the first pirate group in Aitaria, but other than that, his understanding of the forces above the world's Kukai was almost blank.
After hearing this question, the old captain was silent for a moment. He put a piece of tobacco leaf into his mouth and chewed it for a while before replying: "The most terrifying pirate group in Aitaria is naturally the Pale Pirates. This pirate group is named after Hydra Hydra." As a symbol, their core area of activity is in the area outside Hanruina, but they often enter other sea areas. The leader of the Pale Pirates, Greenbeard, is an extremely cruel and ruthless person, so before you have absolute strength, you If you encounter these people, it’s best to stay away, the further away the better—”
"As for the other pirates, I haven't encountered many famous pirates. They are all weak thieves. But there is a legend about a red-haired female pirate circulating in Kukai. You know her Name?"
Fang Plover nodded.
How could he not know about Don Estamba Catalina, the female pirate with the same name as the legendary female pirate on earth? Because of this, people once thought that this female pirate was actually a Chosen One, but so far there is no People have really seen her true face.
Therefore, this mystery has been passed down from generation to generation, making her one of the most famous beings in the community. Together with Dolifen's illusion, the ghost sea, and the fantasy song of the giant tree hills, she is known as the four of Aitaria. A big mystery.
Of course, now there are only three of the four unsolved mysteries left, and the person who solved them is sitting here as shy as a child.
The old captain also nodded and introduced another famous pirate force in the Cloud Sea - the Blood Shark Pirates. This is a chronic disease on the Kaolin-Ithurian Sea, but the upper-class nobles of the kingdom do not care about these pirates. The origins of pirates are often kept secret.
Of course, the old man didn't have so many taboos. He directly cursed the previous king with a lot of nonsense. Only then did Fang Yu realize that this pirate group started out as privateering pirates. Later, due to some things, they turned against the kingdom and formed their own faction at sea.
"In this sea area, you will have to deal with blood shark pirates." The old captain chewed tobacco leaves and replied vaguely: "But fortunately, they are far less powerful than the pale pirates. If you are well prepared, most of these people will be defeated." It won’t take any advantage.”
Next, he seemed unwilling to talk more about pirates - in fact, Fang Plover later learned that how many people who make a living at sea are willing to talk about these bloodthirsty guys? Who doesn’t have a few relatives and friends who have suffered at their hands?
The old man was willing to discuss these issues with him. In fact, he was favoring him and taught him by words and deeds.
After changing the topic, everyone told them a lot of strange stories about the sea. Some of them were naturally heard by Fang Plover, but most of them were beyond the scope of his knowledge.
This made him sigh. Sometimes it is said that hearing a hundred times is worth seeing once, and that is exactly the case. You have never been to this world, and your understanding of it is only a drop in the bucket based on the descriptions above the community.
This night was fruitful for Fang Plover.
Probably knowing that they were leaving, under the instruction of Princess Brianne, everyone started chatting and told him a lot of things.
But the night was getting darker, and the party finally came to an end.
When everyone went back to their tents after the party, Fang Plover caught up with Sylvide with some embarrassment and said: "Miss Sylvide, don't take what Mr. Bust said before to your heart..."
Bast was the old captain's name. After hearing Fang Plover's words, Sylvester blinked in the rain with a smile: "What words?"
"that is……"
"Do those words make the captain feel at a loss?"
"No, it's just..."
"Does it mean that the captain has someone else he likes in his heart?"
After hearing this, Fang Yu looked at the noble girl with his mouth wide open.
"It seems I guessed it right," Sylvide smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I haven't fallen in love with the captain yet, but -"
"but?"
"But if you work harder, the Captain will have a chance." She winked playfully, smiled sweetly, turned around and walked slowly into the rain.
Fang Lu was left standing alone in the rain. He turned around and saw two little girls snickering beside him, like two little sparrows.
"Gu Gu Gu Gu," Tian Lan gestured to him: "The pigeon has flown away. Is Brother Ed being dumped?"
Jita also squinted her eyes and smiled, but her face turned red and she said nothing.
"Go to bed early, you two little girls." Fang Yu said angrily.
The two little girls ran away laughing.
But unexpectedly, the tall lion man opened the curtain and walked out of the tent, glanced at him silently, and patted his shoulder with a comforting look on his face: "Don't worry," he said with squinted eyes: "Little guy, are you still here?" There’s a chance, isn’t there?”
"Mr. Reid, why are you making noises with them?" Fang Yu replied angrily, "That's not what I'm worried about."
"Oh, then what are you worried about?" There was a teasing look in the big cat's silver eyes, which made Fang Yu feel a little guilty.
But he didn't know why. It was obviously not the same thing, but Miss Sylvide's words always made him feel a little disappointed.
He couldn't help but look at the back of his right hand - although there was a dark metal shell with a cold light reflecting in the rain, nothing else could be seen.
"I'm worried about what's going on on the road."
"oh?"
"I heard Princess Brianne talk about the terrain at the southern foot of the Green Dragon Mountains. I'm worried that the continuous rain will cause flash floods there. I'm afraid our journey will not be easy."
"That's a question," replied the lion-man, wiping his pipe. "But that's the thing about adventure, little one. It's not an outing without mud on your boots. But don't worry, the wind will tell us everything. , how to avoid difficulties and achieve goals.”
"But how can the wind tell us everything?"
In his tent, Fang Plover asked Miss Tata.
Their treatment on the ship was very high. Everyone had their own tent and hammock, but this did not mean the conditions were good. The air was so humid that everything seemed to be damp.
The clothes clung to me in a sticky way, and there was no place to change, because the rest of the clothes were similar. Everything seems to be soaked in water in this rainy season, making people breathless.
Fang Yu asked, breaking off a small piece of biscuit to Miss Goblin. Miss Goblin calmly took the biscuit with both hands, sniffed it with her nose, and then put it aside.
Even Dragon Soul is not happy to eat moldy biscuits.
Fang Yu scratched his head when he saw this: "I can't help it. Most of the food has become moldy due to the bad weather on the ship for more than a week. I have preserved these biscuits well. When I get to the town, I will definitely get some fresh food."
Tata raised his head and looked at him: "Actually, I don't need to eat, Mr. Knight."
But Fang Yu shook his head: "But you are already used to it, aren't you? I like to watch you eat."
The goblin lady was slightly startled, but remained silent and did not refute.
In this world full of water vapor, neither of them could sleep. Fang Plover hung in the hammock, like an inchworm weaving a cocoon. He looked at the dark roof of the tent quietly and suddenly asked: "Is there any news in the community?"
Facts have proven that if a person is lazy once, he will become lazier and lazier.
Ever since Fang Yu discovered that Miss Goblin could obtain information from the community and was much better than him in intelligence collection and analysis, he had given this job to the latter, and he had become increasingly neglected to browse related information in the community. Information.
This is actually something that can't be helped, which is why professional selectors rarely log into the community like ordinary selectors and fans, because they always feel that they don't have enough time.
In fact, Fang Plover has often felt like this these days. There is not enough time and there are too many things to do. If he didn't have to eat and sleep, he would have been studying and making 24 hours a day.
After listening to his question, Tata replied very calmly: "I have noticed some abnormalities in the community recently, but it will take more time to observe for sure."
"abnormal?"
"I feel like there have been significantly fewer 'topics' in the community recently, but I'm not sure if this is an illusion."
"Less?"
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, then he sat up and opened the community. However, he is different from Miss Goblin. Miss Goblin can't be sure because she spent relatively little time in the community, but Fang Plover spent almost every day in the community before coming to this world.
As soon as he took a look, he knew what the problem was.
The community entered a state of control.
He vaguely remembered that he had experienced a similar situation in the community six years ago. That time it seemed that it was due to the problem of stowaways. Could it be the same this time? When Fang Yu thought of this, his hair almost stood up.
Only then did he realize that the trouble he had caused might be a bit big, but when he was in a state of distress, he suddenly found a reply in his mailbox.
Fang Yu subconsciously retracted his hand, but suddenly he was stunned and his eyes widened slightly:
"So many replies?"
"Hey," he had just clicked, and suddenly his eyes widened in surprise: "Miss Scarpete!?"
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